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From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
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Subject: Re: Forrest Mimms fired by Scientific American
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Date: 7 Mar 91 15:47:59 GMT
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pcjg7045@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Pramod C. John) writes:
>	I firmly believe that the Scientific American had absolutely no right
>to fire the guy over the reason claimed.

The editors of Scientific American have the right to employ whomever they
choose.  Mims' contract ran out and that was their reason for not renewing it.
They were probably aghast at the thought of Creationist publications printing
arguments like "Of course Creationism is a science!  Mims, a Creationist,
writes for Scientific American!"

>This is about as 
>ludicrous as saying George Bush shouldn't be president of the U.S. because
>he's against abortion and Roe v. Wade allows it.

That was, for many people, an extremely important reason to vote against
Bush.  Are you saying that people do not have the right to vote against
candidates for public office because of what those candidates believe in?

Take this out of sci.electronics, please.